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R.- G. JENNINGS covnn AND GUIDE Filed Oct. 16, 1923 B Q: a! w if a 140 412.

' ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

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COVER AND GUIDE.

.Application filed October 16, 1923. Serial No. 668,873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT GOULD JEN- NINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers and Guides, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cover adapted to act as a guide; more specifically, the present invention has reference to a housing member particularly adapted for use in connection with thread cleaning machinery of the type shown, for example, in Patent No. 1 1,818, reissued March 16, 1920.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cover which will serve to protect the mechanism which it houses, against the entrance of lint, dust, etc.

It is a further object of this invention to furnish a device of the character stated, which will also serve as a guide during the application of the thread to the mechanism.

A still further object is to be predicated to the fact that by use of the cover .it is not necessary for the operators hands to come in contact with the apparatus enclosed there- Another object is to be found, in that the cover, when in its normal position, will effectually enclose the mechanism of the cleaner or other apparatus which it houses, but the cover may be moved toa position rendering this mechanism immediately accessible if it becomes necessary to inspect or adjust the same.

Still another object of this invention is that of furnishing a cover capable of application to a thread operating mechanism without rendering it necessary that the construction of this apparatus be modified.

An additional object is that of furnishing a cover and guide which will efiiciently perform the purposes for which it is intended and which I will also be economical and readily manufactured.

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations ofelem'ents, and arrangement ofparts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and ,the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the ac companying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a yarn cleaner of the type specified, and showing one form of the cover of the present invention applied thereto, certain parts of the cover being broken away to disclose the underlying structure, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional end view taken along the lines 2-2 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Fig. 1.

Briefly referring to the construction of the cleaning apparatus illustrated, it will be noted that the same includes a supporting .bar 5, carrying suitable cleaning units each of which may embrace a bed 6 with which blades 7 cooperate, these blades serving to remove particles of foreign matter, etc., from the thread being cleaned, and being each formed with an ear 8, the ears on adjacent blades flaring in opposite directions relative to one another, as has best bee-n shown in Fig. 2. Furthermore, any suitable mechanism may be employed, such as for example that shown, to operate the blades, it being obvious that any desirable means may be utilized to feed a thread over each of the beds 6. o

It is to be noted, reference being had to Fig. 2, that a cover is preferably employed which has a U-shaped configuration, this cover being inverted over the mechanism aforedescribed, and being formed in two sections 9 and 10, each preferably similar to the other and including a pair of L-shaped plates, the inner edges of these sections being spaced from each other a distance preferably less than the distance existing between the ends of the ears 8.

It is to be noted, however, that the space thus provided is adequate for the introduction of the thread therethrough in order to apply the thread to the housed mechanism, it being furthermore abserved that by means of the space afforded at this point, the applied thread may be viewed. Still referring to Fig. 2, it will be apparent that the section 9 has its inner upper edge so disposed as to extend beyond the outer edges of the ears 8 lying adjacent the same, this being also true of the section 10.

It Will further be observed that the cover sections serve to efliciently enclose the mechanism of the thread cleaning apparatus, and with a view to permitting these cover sections being moved in order that access may be had to the housed apparatus, rods 11 may be suitably bent and have their ends attached to the bar 5, these rods serving as pivots for the cover sections incident to the fact that the inner upper edges of the latter are bent around the bodies of the rods as at 12 in order to form what might be termed hinged connections at these points.

In order that the cover sections may not swing beyond the positions indicated in Fig. 2, any suitable expedient may be resorted to, for example the cover section 10 may have its lower outer edge contacting with one of the fixed parts 13 of the mechanism which it houses, while a pin 14;, also forming a part of the mechanisnninay contact against the inner face of the cover section 9 in order to prevent movement of this section beyond the point specified.

In use it will be appreciated, assuming that a cover constructed within the scope of the present invention is utilized, for example in association with a thread cleaning apparatus of the type shown, that to a great extent, the entrance of any particles of foreign matter into the parts of the mechanism will be prevented, aside from the fact that if it is necessary to have access to this mechanism, this may readily be accomplished by swinging either of the cover sections around the hinges provided by the portions 12 and rods 11, it being noted that when one of the cover sections is thus swung, that the same may bear against a portion of the upper face of the second of the same so that it becomes unnecessary for the operator to hold the moved cover section in elevated position.

Also, it will be understood that the present invention aifords a guide in that due to the space provided between the inner upper edges of the cover sections, it will be extremely diiiicult to improperly apply a thread to the mechanism. More particularly, this benefit is to be predicated to the fact that by having those edges of the cover section last mentioned extending beyond or overlapping the outer edges of the ears 8, it merely becomes necessary. to move the thread between the inner edges of the cover sections andtowards the beds 6, and it will be observed that thus the thread, after once passing the cover, will be guided by the ears 8 between the blades to itsproper position upon the beds 6. Thus it will be unnecessary for an operator tobring his fingers in contact with the mechanism of the cleaner unless one or both of the cover sections is deliberately brought to its open position.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that among others, the objects afore enumerated have been accomplished, but it is here to be understood that the cover is susceptible to use in connection with any type of apparatus to which itmight be found to be adaptable, it being furthermore understood that .the construction of the cover may be correspondingly modified so that it may cooperate to best adx antage with the mechanism which it houses.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and diflerent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall there between.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mechanism for cleaning threads, of a housing for said cleaning mechanism including a plurality of housing sections, housing supporting rods carried by said cleaning mechanism and extending substantially parallel to each other along said cleaning mechanism and lying in a plane above said mechanism, said housing sections being swingably connected to said supporting rods'so they may be swung to uncover parts of the cleaning mechanism, and the proximate edges of said housing sections being spaced thereby providing a gap for guiding a thread when placed in position in said cleaning mechanism.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mechanism for cleaning threads, of a housing for said cleaning mechanism including a plurality of housing sections angular in section and having horizontal parts connected adjacent each other for pivotal movement and being spaced apart .to provide a guiding slot adjacent said cleaning mechanism and having sides depending from said horizontal parts.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mechanism for cleaning threads and including a plurality of cleaning units arranged in succession and having upwardly diverging ears, of a housing for said cleaning mechanism including a plurality of housing sections connected adjacent to each other for pivotal movement so they may be swung to uncover parts of said cleaning mechanism, the pivotal connections of the cover sections being positioned adjacent and above said diverging ears and spaced apart to provide a guiding slot for guiding a thread when placed in position in said cleaning mechanism.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination With a mechanism for cleaning threads including a plurality of cleaning units arranged in succession and having upwardly diverging ears, of a plurality of rods extending along said cleaning units and ap- 15 proximately parallel to each other, and a housing for said cleaning mechanism including housing sections swingably connected to said rods so the sections may be swung to uncover parts of the cleaning mechanism, said sections being spaced apart to provide a guiding slot extending along said cleaning units for guiding a thread when placed in position in said cleaning mechanism.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT GOULD JENNINGS. Witnesses:

FRANK A. HALBERT, MARY BURKE. 

